MTR OF LACEE L. (STEPHANIE L.)

No. 95.

32 N.Y.3d 219 (2018)

114 N.E.3d 123

89 N.Y.S.3d 655

2018 NY Slip Op 06966

In the Matter of LACEE L., an Infant. STEPHANIE L., Appellant; ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Respondent, et al., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York City ( Alan E. Schoenfeld , Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux and Alicia Berenyi of counsel) and Washington, D.C. ( Samuel M. Strongin of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), and The Bronx Defenders, Bronx ( Saul Zipkin and Mary Anne Mendenhall of counsel), for appellant.

Zachary W. Carter , Corporation Counsel, New York City ( Scott Schorr , Carolyn Walther and Richard Dearing of counsel), for Administration for Children's Services, respondent.

Andrew J. Baer , New York City, Attorney for the Child.

Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic, City University of New York School of Law, Long Island City ( Cynthia Soohoo and Farah Diaz-Tello of counsel), and Women Enabled International, Brooklyn ( Suzannah Phillips and Anastasia Holoboff of counsel), for Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic of the City University of New York School of Law and others, amici curiae.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York City ( Audra J. Soloway of counsel), and Brooklyn Defender Services, Brooklyn ( Lauren Shapiro and Jessica Marcus of counsel), for Brooklyn Defender Services and others, amici curiae.

Disability & Civil Rights Clinic, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn ( Amy Mulzer of counsel), for The Arc and others, amici curiae.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York City ( Gilana R. Keller , Claude G. Szyfer and Beth A. Norton of counsel), and Center for Reproductive Rights, New York City ( Hillary Schneller , Pilar Herrero and Leah Wiederhorn of counsel), for SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective and others, amici curiae.

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, San Francisco, California ( Claudia Center and A. Elaine Lewis of counsel), for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and another, amici curiae.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Stephanie L. seeks to raise this question: can Family Court find that the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS) made "reasonable efforts" toward family reunifications, as required by Family Court Act § 1089, if ACS failed to provide...

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